Morning Jolt: Personal Foul on Herschel Walker

On the menu today: Maybe Georgia’s GOP Senate candidate, Herschel Walker, could survive a former girlfriend alleging that he paid for her abortion in 2009. We've seen October surprise scandals and accusations plenty of times before. But the abortion accusation — coupled with the candidate's son, Christian Walker, accusing his father of running around with other women, threatening to kill members of his family, and being violent — will be exceptionally hard to overcome. This, unfortunately, is the kind of risk a party accepts when it chooses to nominate an unvetted first-time candidate to run for a key U.S. Senate seat. Meanwhile, there is good news for the GOP elsewhere, and there are tough questions to be answered about U.S. efforts to deter Russian nuclear aggression.

A Reminder to Vet Your Candidates

These are the sorts of risks you encounter when you nominate Senate candidates who have never run for office before. Herschel Walker — like his fellow GOP Senate candidates Mehmet Oz, J. D. Vance ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 04 2022 WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 04 2022 Personal Foul on Herschel Walker On the menu today: Maybe Georgia’s GOP Senate candidate, Herschel Walker, could survive a former girlfriend alleging that he paid for her abortion in 2009. We've seen October surprise scandals and accusations plenty of times before. But the abortion accusation — coupled with the candidate's son, Christian Walker, accusing his father of running around with other women, threatening to kill members of his family, and being violent — will be exceptionally hard to overcome. This, unfortunately, is the kind of risk a party accepts when it chooses to nominate an unvetted first-time candidate to run for a key U.S. Senate seat. Meanwhile, there is good news for the GOP elsewhere, and there are tough questions to be answered about U.S. efforts to deter Russian nuclear aggression. A Reminder to Vet Your Candidates These are the sorts of risks you encounter when you nominate Senate candidates who have never run for office before. Herschel Walker — like his fellow GOP Senate candidates Mehmet Oz, J. D. Vance ...   READ MORE

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